In Search of Mona Lisa
| In Search of Mona Lisa | |
|---|---|
| EP by | |
| Released | January 25, 2019 |
| Recorded | 2018 |
| Genre | Latin rock |
| Length | 27:09 |
| Label | Concord |
| Producer | Santana |
| Santana chronology | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
In Search of Mona Lisa is an EP by Santana released on January 25, 2019, on Concord Records.[1]
A music video for the EP's first single, "Do You Remember Me", was released on January 24, 2019.[2]
Santana has announced plans to release a new full-length album, produced by Rick Rubin, scheduled for mid-2019, with the EP serving as a preamble.[3]
Origins
[edit ]The album takes its title from a deeply personal experience that Carlos Santana had when he visited the Louvre in Paris for the first time and saw Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona Lisa . The artist explains to Rolling Stone that although he had been playing concerts in Paris since the early Seventies, he had never visited the Louvre until 2016.[3] And once he did, he noticed a line like "you'd see for Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Rihanna or Adele... I was like, 'Damn, Mona Lisa's really popular worldwide to this day.'"[3]
Described as "dramatic", as well as "spellbinding and transportive",[4] the album stems from recollections of a dream that Carlos Santana had months after his experience seeing the iconic work of art.
Track listing
[edit ]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Do You Remember Me" | Carlos Santana | 9:50 |
| 2. | "In Search of Mona Lisa" | Jeffrey Cohen / Santana / Narada Michael Walden | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Lovers From Another Time" | Santana / Consuelo Velázquez / Walden | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Do You Remember Me" (edit version) | Santana | 3:30 |
| 5. | "In Search of Mona Lisa" (edit version) | Cohen / Santana / Walden | 3:52 |
Personnel
[edit ]- Carlos Santana – guitar
- Cindy Blackman Santana – drums (1, 3)
- Tommy Anthony – guitar (1)
- Benny Rietveld – bass guitar (1)
- Ray Greene – vocals (1)
- Andy Vargas – vocals (1)
- David K. Matthews – keyboards (1)
- Karl Perazzo – congas, percussion and timbales (1)
- Narada Michael Walden – bass (2), drums (2, 3), keyboards (2, 3), vocals (3)
- Jim Reitzel – guitar (2)
- Cornell C.C Carter – vocals (2)
- Ron Carter – bass (3)
- Justus Dobrin – keyboard programming (3)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Santana – In Search of Mona Lisa: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Maxwell, Jackson (January 24, 2019). "Santana Premiere "Do You Remember Me" Music Video". guitarworld. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c Grow, Kory (January 15, 2019). "Carlos Santana on the Power of 'The Mona Lisa,' Today's New Hippies". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Carlos Santana Delivers New EP, "In Search of Mona Lisa", Due January 25". ARTISTdirect. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019.